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Pink Wintergreen - Pyrola asarifolia

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Global Rank: G5
State Rank: S4S5

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MNPS Threat Rank:
C-value: 6

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General Description
Leaves: petioles to 15 cm long; blades leatherly, to 9 cm long, orbicular to ovate with a rounded base. Flowering stems to 47 cm; raceme 4–13 cm long, 10–25 flowered. Flowers: petals pink to red (veins sometimes purple). Capsules ca. 8 mm broad (Stickney in Lesica 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Species Range
Present
 


Range Comments
AK to NF south to CA, UT, NM, SD, IA, WS, IN, PA, MA, ME, NS and Asia (Stickney in Lesica 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Summary of Observations Submitted for Montana
Number of Observations: 105

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Habitat
Coniferous, sometimes riparian forests, wetland margins; valleys to subalpine (Stickney in Lesica 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

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